Disabled MTA bus driver's death ruled a homicide after he was found stabbed in Brooklyn apartment

Police investigate the scene where Otis James was found stabbed to death in his Central Ave. apartment. (Ken Murray/New York Daily News)

The death of a disabled city bus driver found stabbed in his Brooklyn apartment has been deemed a homicide, authorities said Wednesday.

Otis James, 46, was found sprawled out on the floor of his first floor apartment on Central Ave. in Bushwick at about 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. He died at the scene.

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James' wife and daughter found his body when they returned from work, police said.

A knife was found near his body and it was initially believed he may have stabbed himself in a suicide bid, but an autopsy later determined he was struck in the back of the head and stabbed in the chest multiple times, cops said.